[quote=Magic Magnum] And... In the 2 hours I took to respond to Jorick you posted.Well, here goes another hour (Or 23 minutes...)! :P[/quote] Lol, replying to these issues which takes time and deep thought. Coincidentally, I'm working on a paper applying gender representation and specific feminist theories to men and women in specific episodes of tv shows like Star Trek, I Love Lucy, and two anime shows (Genshiken and Revolutionary Girl Utena if you were curious). [quote=Magic Magnum] Agreed. But as we see with the world, "Purity Pledge", "Adultery in one's heart", "Gay Marriage still being a debate" etc. People just love to get involved in other people's sex lives. -.-I will fully admit that women get it worse when it comes to sexual culture and how women are treated opposed to men when they sleep with multiple different people.[/quote] Oh, I know. It's frustrating. Had a friend once say such and such is a slut, and I asked why/how, and they go "are you kidding me? do you see what she's wearing?" I restrained myself from hitting said person and calmly disagreed. [quote=Magic Magnum] Eh...I don't see any issue in terms such as dick, douchebag, cunt, bitch, whore, pussy etc.Literally speaking, yes they are based off specific parts of the human body (some male/female specific). But English has words meaning several different things all the time.Culturally speaking, I find they're more general insults thrown at both genders rather equally, it's a typical case of where I think people need to not be offended by the word itself but rather the meaning and intent behind the word. As for saying like "You're acting like a girl?".Those I'm with you 100% on. That's outright saying that girls are less competent/worse then men.That women are something to avoid and not be like.[/quote] This is a tricky thing. For example, as I have stated before. The word gay has transformed into something synonymous with stupidity. People will defend its usage and say they aren't insulting someone because of homosexuality and homosexuality doesn't bother them. But, regardless of intent, the connotation is still there. I find this problematic. It's also there in things like the usage of the n-word. Blacks use it with each other, but if you've hung around black people you would know it's a term of camaraderie, but I still believe that its usage brings confusion to the conversation and carries a lot of negatives along with it. Words like dick, douchebag, prick won't mean much to men who hear them. Unless it was hostile, and even then it isn't necessarily something that registers. Could be totally common with the way people throw them around. The same goes with pussy, bitch, whore, etc. But my distinction with this is that while we feel these words have evolved to mean different things, and this may be true, there are still negative connections to the word on a psychological level that are an issue. Meaning and intent can be hazy and mixed up and interlinked because there are meanings already attached to the word that have been internalized. [quote=Magic Magnum]Depends on how you look at it.If you mean as in the image/representation women are given on Media? Then yes, women get the short end of the stick.If you mean how they benefit from Media? Such as how much a girl may get paid for photo shoots, being revealing etc? Women models and such have it better... by far.But honestly, that's just a case of female vultures profiting off making a bad image for the rest of their gender.[/quote] We're venturing into hazy territory here. 1) "Vultures profiting off making a bad image for the rest of their gender?" I have some problems with this. Modeling is a career choice, they're not modeling in order to make a bad image for their gender. And it's arguable that modeling makes a bad image for their gender. The main problem I have with fashion and model catalogues is what they push as an idealization of beauty instead of a wide variety of what beauty can be. That is hardly the models' fault. 2) When it comes to pay. It's much like how NBA players get paid much more than WNBA players. Bigger market. I read an interesting study on this about how much training a female model puts into becoming a professional whereas there isn't nearly as much training for the male model. On top of that, beauty is a market that generates a lot of income from male consumers (and females as well). [quote=Magic Magnum] If you want to identify as all of them feel free to.I get along with several people who choose to do so just fine.It's just I personally choose not to cause I don't like identifying with any cause in this case that's focusing on just one element of the overall problem.[/quote] And that's fine by me. We all go about things differently. [quote=Magic Magnum]I guess it largely depends on area.Where I live that's what the majority thinks (or simply of the majority of the kind of people I'm around).It may be different in your areas and the people you all interact with.[/quote] This could very well be the case. [quote=Magic Magnum]This honestly might be the best solution to the issue.Having feminist focus on women issues, men's rights focus on male issues and have the two agreeing and on the same side as allies rather than being against one another.But as long as causes like feminism are plagued and ran by Feminazi's who want to push a female dominant agenda, it's not going to be so easy.Those who are fighting for men's rights will speak up against Feminazi's, just like they do against anything else that tries to attack and take away men's rights.In other words, if both sides lost their extremists I can see this working and people simply identifying as both feminists and men's rights.Until that day comes... Conflict is going to happen. [/quote] Agreed. To me at least, this would be the most efficient. I sometimes look at feminism, men's rights, etc. to be temporary things, while egalitarianism is eternal.